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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1905
Page
8
For sale of small items including 1 Jersey Cow and 2 cows total price 20.00. 1 large Jersey Cow 123.00. 25.00. 7 POP WER 2.6. 19.00. 1 Double Work Harness 8.00. Terms: 2.06 down and balance 1.00 per week until paid. See Reliance and Co. Office over Post Office.
Local shoppers await Cher ry's August Clearing Sale for shoes and the Biz Cash House sales. Davenport weathered a busy day with markets showing mixed prices on wheat, oats, corn, potatoes, fruits and vegetables. records list regional movements, and the Diamond Joe Liner was delayed bringing expected arrivals from the north.
Merchants note a tight peach supply from California Utah and Colorado with prices likely between 1.50 and 2.00 per basket. Pears are selling fast though short, oranges fetch high prices with unusually fine quality, Michigan crops expected bumper, and Boston New York firms eager to handle much of the crop. Melons selling well and Muscatine fruit season starting.
Yesterday's sale lists prices across cattle hog and sheep categories in Chicago. Beef cattle and feeders show uneven demand with declines, while hogs open firmer then close weak and lambs and natives trade lower in the range.
Chicago August 23 report shows oats and rye prices steady or varied with slight shifts. Cattle and hogs receipts listed with price ranges for good to prime and heavy selections, plus sheep and lambs market moves and bulk sale figures.
Chicago August 23 butter steady creameries 17 21c dairies 16 18%6c eggs firm 12 16%¢c
Chicago August 23 poultry trade shows firm tones with turkeys at 15 cents, chickens and springs around 14 cents, signaling steady demand for local buyers and sellers in the market.
Peoria market update from August 23 lists No. 3 corn at 54 cents per bushel. Prices reflect local supply conditions and market demand for the period.
Wheat for September at 78 78 Kee, corn for September 50 1 2 cents, oats for September 25 4 cents. Market report from St Louis dated August 23.
New York August 23 Wheat Sept 874c Corn Sept 5914c. Market reports show prices firm with September deliveries noted for both grains.
New York market reports butter improving category creamery at 17 to 21 and renovated at 154 20 cents. Eggs show no change.
New York market data shows chickens at 14 to 15 cents, fowls 12 to 13 1/2 cents, and turkeys 13 to 11 1/2 cents. Prices reflect current trading for August 23 with variation by quality and size.
The funeral of Mrs J M Harris who died Sunday night was held at 2 pm from her late home conducted by Rev J R Vance of the Presbyterian church Burial was at Columbus City Colum bus City. 8 C Foster shipped a car of horses over the Milwaukee at Conesville yesterday with E T Foster to Chicago.
Leverich Normal and Training School in Muscatine Iowa offers a program claiming to prepare students for any grade of certificate in one third to one half the time of other normal schools. The director R W Leverich promises personal recitation instruction, high pass rates, and affordable board in families.
The program offers flexible study in arithmetic writing spelling bookkeeping and banking tasks. Students receive individual help at their table and are not required to recite in class. Tuition is 16 dollars for twelve weeks with a Fall Term starting September 4.
Aitken Jr and his young daughter visit relatives in Aledo, Illinois. Mrs J B Jenkins and her husband return from a south trip and head to Conesville. May Jennings and Elmer Smith are in Burlington to attend the show. Mrs Ella Mize helps Miss Sizafoos in the store. A W Barnes travels to Saint Louis on the midnight train.
The article traces medieval naval weaponry from early 14th century espringalda spring guns and hau bergen coats of mail to later cannon and brass ordnance. It notes specific ships carrying iron cannons with multiple chambers, paviers and murderers for throwing stones, and bombards capable of hurling 140 to 195 pound shot.
A Greenland traveler describes the Eskimo kayak built from bones, driftwood, sealskin, and sinew. The boat is decked with a central hole for a paddler, waterproof sealskin cylinder waist wrap, and a skin hood. The craft is highly water resistant and swift yet requires nerve to operate, with few Danes attempting to use it.
The article recalls long ago pipes where feathers proved foes slain and enemy scalps served as proof. It notes clay pipes for eastern tribes and slate stones from a Mississippi quarry for western tribes used in peace and war ceremonies.
The Atchison Globe offers concise observations on social behavior and personal growth. It notes that politeness may not win universal appreciation and that defeat can reveal one’s true worth while urging self-scrutiny of home life and neighborhood impact.
The Davenport restaurant of Frank Kilmer was robbed at 3 o clock Tuesday morning with $53 taken. Night waiter Chas Mitchell is missing and suspected of the crime. Read the Journal, 1 cent weekly.
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